* Télévision * Does it have the mandate to tell the TRUTH ?

No.

And the news media on TV feels very free to slant any stories any way they want to as well as being very selective as to what they cover and to what extent they cover it.

Unfortunately, we live in a culture where too many people are too easily swayed by what they see and hear on TV and credibility is given to even the most idiotic of people.

Catie Couric going on the grand Obama tour as a journalist? Give me a break. She should have stuck to doing the morning fashion, food and movie star segments.

Just one example. There are many more.

Not exactly a lie, but emphasis on the superficial which is what all of television does best.